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Chavālātasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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    अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 4।95

    Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.95

    Numbered Discourses 4.95

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    10। असुरवग्गa·su·ra·vag·ga

    10. Asuravagga

    10. Titans

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    छवालातसुत्तcha·vā·lā·ta·sut·ta

    Chavālātasutta

    A Firebrand

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    “चत्तारोमे,cat·tā·ro·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिं।lo·kas·miṃ

    “Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

    “Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.

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    कतमेka·ta·me चत्तारो?cat·tā·ro

    Katame cattāro?

    What four?

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    नेवत्तहितायne·vat·ta·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno परहिताय,pa·ra·hi·tā·ya

    Nevattahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya,

    One who practices to benefit neither themselves nor others;

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    परहितायpa·ra·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno अत्तहिताय,at·ta·hi·tā·ya

    parahitāya paṭipanno no attahitāya,

    one who practices to benefit others, but not themselves;

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    अत्तहितायat·ta·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno परहिताय,pa·ra·hi·tā·ya

    attahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya,

    one who practices to benefit themselves, but not others; and

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    अत्तहितायat·ta·hi·tā·ya चेवce·va पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no परहितायpa·ra·hi·tā·ya च।ca

    attahitāya ceva paṭipanno parahitāya ca.

    one who practices to benefit both themselves and others.

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    सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve छवालातंcha·vā·lā·taṃ उभतोu·bha·to पदित्तं,pa·dit·taṃ मज्झेmaj·jhe गूथगतं,gū·tha·ga·taṃ नेवne·va गामेgā·me कट्ठत्थंkaṭ·ṭhat·thaṃ फरतिpha·ra·ti नna अरञ्ञेa·rañ·ñe (…);

    Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, chavālātaṁ ubhato padittaṁ, majjhe gūthagataṁ, neva gāme kaṭṭhatthaṁ pharati na araññe (…);

    Suppose there was a firebrand for lighting a funeral pyre, burning at both ends, and smeared with dung in the middle. It couldn’t be used as timber either in the village or the wilderness.

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    तथूपमाहं,ta·thū·pa·mā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमंi·maṃ पुग्गलंpug·ga·laṃ वदामिva·dā·mi य्वायंyvā·yaṃ पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo नेवत्तहितायne·vat·ta·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno परहिताय।pa·ra·hi·tā·ya

    tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi yvāyaṁ puggalo nevattahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya.

    The individual who practices to benefit neither themselves nor others is like this, I say.

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    तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve य्वायंyvā·yaṃ पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo परहितायpa·ra·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno अत्तहिताय,at·ta·hi·tā·ya अयंa·yaṃ इमेसंi·me·saṃ द्विन्नंdvin·naṃ पुग्गलानंpug·ga·lā·naṃ अभिक्कन्ततरोa·bhik·kan·ta·ta·ro चca पणीततरोpa·ṇī·ta·ta·ro च।ca

    Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ puggalo parahitāya paṭipanno no attahitāya, ayaṁ imesaṁ dvinnaṁ puggalānaṁ abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.

    The individual who practices to benefit others, but not themselves, is better than that.

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    तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve य्वायंyvā·yaṃ पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अत्तहितायat·ta·hi·tā·ya पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no नोno परहिताय,pa·ra·hi·tā·ya अयंa·yaṃ इमेसंi·me·saṃ तिण्णंtiṇ·ṇaṃ पुग्गलानंpug·ga·lā·naṃ अभिक्कन्ततरोa·bhik·kan·ta·ta·ro चca पणीततरोpa·ṇī·ta·ta·ro च।ca

    Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ puggalo attahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya, ayaṁ imesaṁ tiṇṇaṁ puggalānaṁ abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.

    The individual who practices to benefit themselves, but not others, is better than both of those.

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    तत्र,tat·ra भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve य्वायंyvā·yaṃ पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अत्तहितायat·ta·hi·tā·ya चेवce·va पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no परहितायpa·ra·hi·tā·ya च,ca अयंa·yaṃ इमेसंi·me·saṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ पुग्गलानंpug·ga·lā·naṃ अग्गोag·go चca सेट्ठोseṭ·ṭho चca पामोक्खोpā·mok·kho चca उत्तमोut·ta·mo चca पवरोpa·va·ro च।ca

    Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ puggalo attahitāya ceva paṭipanno parahitāya ca, ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ puggalānaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca.

    But the individual who practices to benefit both themselves and others is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of the four.

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    सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve गवाga·vā खीरं,khī·raṃ खीरम्हाkhī·ram·hā दधि,da·dhi दधिम्हाda·dhim·hā नवनीतं,na·va·nī·taṃ नवनीतम्हाna·va·nī·tam·hā सप्पि,sap·pi सप्पिम्हाsap·pim·hā सप्पिमण्डो,sap·pi·maṇ·ḍo सप्पिमण्डोsap·pi·maṇ·ḍo तत्थtat·tha अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti

    Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ, khīramhā dadhi, dadhimhā navanītaṁ, navanītamhā sappi, sappimhā sappimaṇḍo, sappimaṇḍo tattha aggamakkhāyati;

    From a cow comes milk, from milk comes curds, from curds come butter, from butter comes ghee, and from ghee comes cream of ghee. And the cream of ghee is said to be the best of these.

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    एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve य्वायंyvā·yaṃ पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo अत्तहितायat·ta·hi·tā·ya चेवce·va पटिपन्नोpa·ṭi·pan·no परहितायpa·ra·hi·tā·ya च,ca अयंa·yaṃ इमेसंi·me·saṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ पुग्गलानंpug·ga·lā·naṃ अग्गोag·go चca सेट्ठोseṭ·ṭho चca पामोक्खोpā·mok·kho चca उत्तमोut·ta·mo चca पवरोpa·va·ro च।ca

    evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ puggalo attahitāya ceva paṭipanno parahitāya ca, ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ puggalānaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca.

    In the same way, the individual who practices to benefit both themselves and others is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of the four.

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    इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिन्”ति।lo·kas·min

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

    These are the four individuals found in the world.”

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    पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

    Pañcamaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.